DOUBLE IMAGE Michael And Teresa 1960s UNKNOWN DOWNER FEMME GARAGE PSYCH 45 HEAR

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THE DOUBLE IMAGE "Michael and Teresa" b/w "Got To Get Away"

Original 1960's 45 on the US SOUTHWAYS label

Vinyl plays VG to VG+

Stellar unknown, uncomped and unhinged femme “girls in the garage” style single here by the Double Image, probably laid down sometime in the mid to late 60’s.  Like the dead girls in THE SHINING all grown up, the Double Image ladies are ALWAYS together.  They sing together all the time, as one.  They go to parties together.  They go on dates together.  And they spin tales of horrible, damaged starstruck teen romances together, like the one about “Michael and Teresa,” a real bum ride if there ever were one.  “Michael and Teresa were children of the ocean, thrown into the dark world with their mother’s notion to get by,” they sing in creepy tandem through the halls of the Overlook Hotel, and Lord knows what they even MEAN by that.  After that, it’s hard to tell exactly WHAT in Michael and Teresa’s relationship goes wrong, because all that singing in unison combined with even more Stepford Wife backup vocals makes it pretty darn IMPOSSIBLE to make out all the gory details.  But it doesn’t SOUND good, and there’s something about them “never to be seen again,” after which I think the fade repeats with “so dead, so dead…”  Hey, they mighta been brother and sister for all I can tell.  Whatever the case, it doesn’t end well, and if you knew these chicks back in the Sixties, I’m sure you hippies woulda stayed clear away, what with all their bum trips and bad vibes and all.  At least the spooky chicks got one really magical moment down on vinyl for posterity’s sake, and NO ONE on the interwebs today even knows about it.  Except for a little kid named Danny Torrance.  “Hey Danny, you play bass?  You wanna sit in with us on a live version of ‘Michael and Teresa’ for the New England crowd?  Come on.  Come PLAY with us, Danny…”  

UPDATE: SORRY, I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).

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